Every word from Pep Guardiola on Man City team news vs West Ham and Haaland updates
Pep Guardiola as spoken to the media on Friday ahead of Manchester City's big Premier League trip to West Ham on Sunday.
With Liverpool in the FA Cup final on Saturday, City have a chance to open up a six-point lead at West Ham, with Liverpool having just two games left and an inferior goal difference. Victory at the London Stadium would place one hand on the Premier League trophy, but City lost there earlier in the season in the Carabao Cup, and David Moyes' side can still secure Europa League football next season.
Guardiola could be without all his preferred centre-back options with Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho substituted at Wolves with fresh concerns on Wednesday. John Stones, Ruben Dias and Kyle Walker are all out for the remaining fixtures, and Nathan Ake wasn't fit enough to start against Wolves.
The manager gave an update on the fitness of his side, as well as his revelation that he won't sign a new deal until next summer. He was also asked about Erling Haaland's signing, and paid tribute to Sergio Aguero on the tenth anniversary of his iconic 2012 title-winning goal.
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No Bernardo, though.
There are many players, shortlists there are a lot of players every club who play good. Normally Liverpool and City, it's normall. Bernardo, Rodri were exceptional. Riyad exceptional this season, last few seasons from him. All players make a contribution. Important for Kevin and Joao is win the Premier League. I didn't speak to him, everyone has his throughts, it's nice to be nominated. But